Man in Pentagon shooting faces new charge at jail

A man drummed out of the Marines and accused of firing shots at the Pentagon, Marine Corps museum and other military buildings has been charged with damaging his jail cell in an apparent escape attempt.

Melaku is being held at the Leesburg jail in connection with a series of vehicle break-ins.

He was charged in June in federal court with a cluster of overnight shootings in northern Virginia beginning in October. He was arrested after police spotted him in Arlington National Cemetery with a backpack that included ammonium nitrate, which can be used to make bombs.